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12% less ponds this year also jumped out to me.
Green-winged teal are up pretty good. |
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I saw that too. Do you think thats due to habitat loss? Its not like there hasnt been plenty of rain.
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Maybe Larry knows a little more about that, but it seems like it has a lot to do with less rain in portions of the breeding grounds. |
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Awesome, now just hope I have enough face paint to make it through the 4-10 days I'll get to hunt this year. Hopefully the season will go until March this year. Can't wait to get my gun barrel sticker ordered....
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From what I understand most of Canada was very dry which hurts.
If the water on our lease is as high as it was last year I'm screwed either way. |
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We don't care about those who don't participate. You are missing the points, which are how few do participate and how many resources are wasted trying to get a statistically-valid random sample because so few participate. Quote:
Do you prefer a 30-day season with a 3-bird bag limit for scaup, or a 60-day season with a 1-bird bag? This year we will likely have a choice between 107/1 or 88/2 or 74/3 for specklebelly geese. Zones and splits, season dates, WMA hunting options, regulating spinning-wing decoys, closing shooting hours at noon, are all decisions that are NOT strictly biological and can be reasonably informed by collecting hunter-opinion data. Hunting regulations seem to have a much larger affect on hunters than they do on the population dynamics of ducks. |
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Yes: money, political influence, and maintaining the institution of waterfowl hunting that has traditionally been the majority support for conservation activities. We want large, sustainable numbers of waterfowl hunters to both support conservation and benefit from it. Certainly you are aware of the declining number of waterfowl hunters nationwide? Despite high waterfowl populations and liberal seasons, the number of waterfowl hunters has fallen.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/1...b.245/abstract And you might also be aware that in response, the 2012 revision of the North American Waterfowl Management Plan added a 3rd fundamental objective of "growing numbers of waterfowl hunters, other conservationists and citizens who enjoy and actively support waterfowl and wetland conservation." http://nawmprevision.org/sites/defau...n-EN-may23.pdf Quote:
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According to our surveys, those hunters that have hunted for more years, hunt more days, and kill more ducks (the more dedicated hunters), are also the least satisfied but do not quit. That last part is the most important: they do not quit. So from a hunter recruitment and retention standpoint, we can't learn much from them about how to recruit or maintain hunters. They are recruited and maintained. That doesn't mean their opinions count any less for informing our decisions. It does mean that you don't want it to count any more than the average guy's. Quote:
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I keep warning that it's coming with all the habitat loss in the prairie-pothole region, but with all the water from the past few years, it just keeps on keeping on.
I'm working my way through this thread, so I apologize if someone already posted this, but the population remains in good shape. http://www.fws.gov/migratorybirds/pd...opulations.pdf |
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When a garhole $hit blind is going for $6k, it's gotten outta hand. I saw a blind advertised the other day for $2,500 FOR TEAL SEASON!!! Duck hunting is a REALLY big fad right now. It's time to separate the wheat from the chaff. |
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I've appreciated the discussion, guys! It has provided the opportunity to expose what we are seeing and learning as well as the adjustments we are making to gather the most representative data in the most cost-effective way. It will certainly evolve in the future.
I got my first look at the e-mail and open-web survey data this afternoon, and at first glance, I'm really excited about the e-mail survey. The open-web respondents averaged about 60% more hunt days and nearly twice the duck kill as the e-mail respondents. So, it looks like the e-mail survey might provide results more similar to the random mail-out survey, which would be great! We will provide a preliminary summary presentation of the survey results at the August 6th Commission meeting. |
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DuckButter meant to post this from his burn handle, LMAO I knew you were DaPointIsDaBomb |
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Damn iPhone
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It was fun while it lasted..... You hammered them for a while.
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I understand that most people hunt the same area for the most part. All I'm saying is that there are people who hunt more days than not in every area throughout the state, and there are people who hunt just a few days in every area throughout the state. The guys who hunt everyday clearly have a much better understanding of what happens throughout the course of a season compared to someone who isn't even out there. |
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Waterfowl Hunter Survey Closes tonight
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The guys who hunt everyday clearly have a much better understanding of what happens throughout the course of a season compared to someone who isn't even out there.[/QUOTE] "The guys who hunt everyday clearly have a much better understanding of what happens throughout the course of a season compared to someone who isn't even out there." In their very small area, maybe a couple hundred acres and what's around it. That's nothing when you look at it. Does a guy fishing west cove for 40-60 days have more understanding of what's going on at commissary point or Turners than a guy that fishes those two areas 10 times? |
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I was referring to their area, not the whole state haha. I'm over this argument, like I said in my first post, lots of the questions had little to do with how much time someone spends in the field anyway.
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Yes, that's why I said their observations were the only difference. Does that mean the 40-60 day guy knows better for the entire zone? No. And that was my point. Seasons aren't set for one small area. They are set for 3 large zones. Its all moot anyway, because it sounds like most of the respondents have pretty similar views anyway. |
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